In a document titled "The WikiLeaks Threat" three data intelligence companies, Plantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies, outline a plan to attack Wikileaks. They are acting upon request from Hunton and Williams, a law firm working for Bank of America. The Department of Justice recommended the law firm to Bank of America according to an article in The Tech Herald. The prosed attacks on WikiLeaks according to the slides include these actions :

Feed the fuel between the feuding groups. Disinformation. Create messages around actions of sabotage or discredit the opposing organizations. Submit fake documents and then call out the error.

Create concern over the security of the infrastructure. Create exposure stories. If the process is believed not to be secure they are done.

Cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters. This would kill the project. Since the servers are now in Sweden and France putting a team together to get access is more straightforward.

Media campaign to push the radial and reckless nature of WikiLeaks activities. Sustain pressure. Does nothing for the fanatics, but creates concern and doubt among moderates.

Search for leaks. Use social media to profile and identify risky behavior of employees.

The WikiLeaks Threat

An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies.

WikiLeaks Overview

WikiLeaks was launched in 2006 by self-described Chinese dissidents and interested parties from five continents.

Within a year of its launch, WikiLeaks claimed to possess over 1.2 million documents from thirteen countries.

As of January 2010, the WikiLeaks team consisted of five full-time employees and about 800 volunteers.

The employees and volunteers are spread across the world, with their identities largely unknown.

Julian Assange

Julian Assange

Born : July 3, 1971 in Queensland, Australia

Marital Status : Divorced

Children : Daniel Assange, age 20

Occupation : Editor-in-Chief and Spokesperson for WikiLeaks.

Current Location : South-western United Kingdom - contact information allegedly given to the Metropolitan Police Service in London.

Attorney-General of Australia Robert McClelland has not ruled out the possibility of Australian authorities canceling Assange’s passport, and warned that he may face charges, should he return to Australia, due to the
“potential number of criminal laws that could have been breached by the release of the [US Cables]”.

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn was critical in the Amazon to OVH transition.

It is this level of support that needs to be disrupted.

These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause, such is the mentality of most business professionals.